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Design Workshop (ABPL30067) // Further information

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Further information

  • Texts

    Prescribed texts

    • Jormakka, Kari, 2007, Basics Design Methods, Basel: Birkhause
    • Bielefeld, Bert & Khouli, Sebastian, 2007, Basics Design Ideas, Basel: Birkhause

    Recommended texts and other resources

    Selected readings appropriate to each module will be issued, but may include relevant chapters and sections from the following:

    • Bentley, Ian; Alan Alcock, Paul Murrain, Sue McGlynn & Craham Smith, 1993, Responsive Environments: A Manual for Designers, 2nd edn, London: The Architectural Press.
    • Cross, Nigel, 2008, Engineering Design Methods: Strategies for Product Design, 4 th edn, Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley.
    • De Bono, Edward, 1999, Six Thinking Hats, rev edn, Harmondsworth: Penguin.
    • Lawson, Bryan, 2006, How Designers Think: The Design Process Demystified, 4th edn, Amsterdam: Architectural Press/Elsevier.
    • Lawson, Bryan & Kees Dorst, 2009, Design Expertise, Oxford: Architectural Press/Elsevier.
    • Lehrer, Jonah, 2012, Imagine: the Science of Creativity, rprt, Melbourne VIC: Text Publishing.
    • McHarg, Ian L, 1969, Design with Nature, Garden City, New York: Doubleday/Natural History Press.
    • Parnell, Rosie & Rachel Sara with Charles Doidge & Mark Parsons, 2007, The Crit: An Architecture Student’s Handbook: Seriously Useful Guides--, 2 nd edn, London: Architectural Press/Elsevier.
    • Potteiger, Matthew & Jamie Purinton, 1998, Landscape Narratives: Design Practices for Telling Stories, New York: John Wiley and Sons

  • Related Handbook entries

    This subject contributes to the following:

    TypeName
    Informal specialisationEnvironments Discipline subjects
    Informal specialisationNon-allowed Breadth Subjects within the Bachelor of Design - relating to specific majors
  • Available through the Community Access Program

    About the Community Access Program (CAP)

    This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.

    Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.

  • Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students

    This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.

Last updated: 3 November 2022